The fisherman has netted a number of strange examples of marine life — and fans. Fedortsov’s Instagram account has more than 52,000 followers while more than 76,000 accounts follow him on Twitter.

He seems non-plussed by many of his finds, frequently holding them in his bare hands for photos. The Moscow Times’ translations of his captions are fairly workaday: “What a pretty colour” and “I hope it’s not poisonous. :-)”